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People who gathered in Poza Rico last month brought with them posters, T-shirts and jewelry bearing the images of their missing loved ones.

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The Mexican Mothers Who Make A Grim Yearly Search For Missing Loved Ones

5:00pm March 05, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

"They have the right to be searched for, and we have the right to search for them," says the mother of a man who has been missing since 2013. Relatives say the government does little to help.

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An Art Critic Was Mocking A $20,000 Work She Didn't Like — Then It Shattered

6:31pm February 10, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico included a large pane of glass with objects suspended within. How it suddenly broke into pieces on Saturday is a matter of fervent disagreement.

A guide walks past a sign asking for silence near the winter home of monarch butterflies in El Rosario reserve near Ocampo, Michoacán, in Mexico on Friday.

Sadness And Worry After 2 Men Connected To Butterfly Sanctuary Are Found Dead

7:28pm February 03, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Millions of monarch butterflies migrate to the mountains of Mexico each winter. Authorities are now investigating the apparent murders of an activist and tour guide at the Michoacán reserve.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shows a brochure of the 787 Dreamliner belonging to the Mexican Presidency, during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan. 14.

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Mexico's President May Raffle Off Official Plane — And Mexicans Find It Hilarious

12:57pm February 01, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

If you're in the market for a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, look no further: Mexico's leader has just the plane for you, and he's apparently struggling to find a buyer.

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Members of the Mexican National Guard and officers of the Migration Institute detain a Central American migrant heading in a caravan to the U.S. in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas State, Mexico, on Jan. 23.

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Migrants In Mexico Face Crackdown, But Officials Say They're Being 'Rescued'

2:58pm January 29, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Much of Mexico's official language regarding migration remains euphemistic, critics say, even as migration policies have grown harsher. More than 2,000 Central Americans have been deported this month.

Protesters gather on the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Saturday to demand justice for artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas, 26, who was killed in the streets of Juarez, Mexico.

Activists Decry Femicides After Another Woman Is Killed In Juárez, Mexico

4:56pm January 26, 2020

by Mónica Ortiz Uribe

Activists chanted "Not one more" as they marched in Juárez Saturday. The killing of artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas ignited anger in a city with a gruesome history of violence against women.

Mexico's National Guard prevents migrants who walked across the river from making their way farther into Mexico.

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Honduran Mom Reunites With Her 5-Year-Old After Migrant Caravan Crackdown In Mexico

6:59pm January 22, 2020

by James Fredrick

After Mexican officials fought to stop a migrant caravan from entering, Saury Vallecilla Ortega was temporarily separated from her youngest child and feared for the worst.

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Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River by foot from Guatemala (left) to Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on Monday.

Migrant Caravan Crosses River into Mexico In Standoff With Security Forces

6:11pm January 20, 2020

After closing a bridge linking Guatemala with Mexico, a caravan of Central American migrants waded across a river connecting the countries but their journey is being stopped by Mexican troops.

Officials say threat levels are at a "yellow phase 2," and are warning people to stay away from the volcano and its crater "due to the danger of falling ballistic fragments."

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Video: Mexico's Most Active Volcano Erupts, Spews Ash Cloud Nearly 20,000 Feet

5:15pm January 10, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The dramatic explosion of Popocatépetl, about 40 miles south of Mexico City, sent columns of ash and debris shooting into the sky.

A Border Patrol agent and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent oversee the people waiting to cross into the U.S. from Matamoros, Mexico, at the Port of Entry in Brownsville, Tex., Tuesday, last month.

CBP Says Enforcement Actions At U.S.-Mexico Border Down For 7th Straight Month

5:51am January 10, 2020

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there were just over 40,000 cases where someone was apprehended or refused entry at the southern border.